Michigan-1959: Looking At A Potential Abandoned House From The Side In A Discovered

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Year1959
Decade1950s
LocationMichigan, United States
Duration6s
Price$149 USD
Collection1959 in Michigan

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Looking At A Potential Abandoned House From The Side In... — Clip Details

MICHIGAN-1959: A handheld 8mm home movie captures a sun-drenched backyard scene, panning across a weathered wooden shed and a grassy area bordered by bare trees. The footage, shot through a window frame, shows a rustic outdoor space with a small structure and scattered debris, evoking a sense of quiet abandonment. The warm, faded colors and film grain are characteristic of vintage Super 8 footage from the late 1950s, offering a nostalgic glimpse into a forgotten property.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Exterior
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 6s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 127713235

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$149 · Commercial Direct license: commercial and editorial use. $149 flat from Stockfilm. Royalty-free worldwide license for commercial and editorial use, delivered as the restored 4K master.

No recognizable people, logos, or music are flagged. Lower-risk for commercial use, subject to your own review.

People visible: No
Logos / trademarks: No
Audible music: No

Flags come from automated catalog metadata, not a legal opinion. The source is an original 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie reel. For high-stakes commercial use, request a full rights review.

Source & Documentation

Source reel: Reel 2228 · 8mm · 3″ reel
Original reel label: howard black,
Reel-level year note: 1959
Reel-level location note: flint michigan
Date: 1959 Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Date evidence: Catalog estimate. A reel-level note shows the same year, but the clip-to-reel link is itself a catalog match, so this is not counted as independent confirmation.
Location: Michigan, United States Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Location evidence: Catalog estimate. A reel-level location note is linked, but the clip-to-reel link is itself a catalog match, so this is not counted as independent confirmation.
Licensing route: Direct license available from Stockfilm

Confidence labels are defined on Archive Integrity. Fields without a recorded value are shown as not recorded rather than assumed.

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for 1950s Michigan home-movie requests needing an exterior cutaway of a weathered backyard outbuilding or quiet residential property edge.
Period detail: The small wood-sided structure, bare trees, yard clutter, and soft 8mm color may show a late-1950s residential or semi-rural property setting.
Home-movie behavior: The camera appears to observe from behind or beside a window frame, giving the scene an unstaged, exploratory home-movie perspective.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a dark window frame, small wooden building, sloped roof, bare trees, grass, yard debris, a fence or wall, and bright sun patches.
Film character: The clip has handheld 8mm texture with soft focus, heavy shadow, bright exterior highlights, gate edges, and faded mid-century color.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief insert, transition, or memory beat for abandonment, discovery, property inspection, or rural domestic atmosphere.
Historical context: The view suggests an ordinary Michigan yard or property edge rather than a documented landmark, with visible structures and seasonal bare trees.
Research note: No people, logos, or music are visible or indicated, but visible buildings and property context may still require production-specific review.
Research search match: Search match phrases include 1959 Michigan 8mm backyard, vintage home movie outbuilding, abandoned house exterior, and residential property cutaway.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other Michigan 1959 exteriors, then broader 1950s home-movie footage of yards, sheds, and vacant properties.

Still Frames From This Clip

1959 Michigan 8mm view through a dark frame toward a grassy yard, bare trees, and a small outbuilding or house edge. — A shadowed window-side view looks across a bright yard toward bare trees and a small structure.

1959 Michigan home-movie frame showing a dim view past a vertical frame toward grass, bare trees, debris, and a building side. — The camera pans across a shadowed foreground toward a sunlit yard and building edge.

1959 Michigan 8mm frame of a small wood-sided building with a sloped roof, fence line, bare trees, and dark window-edge shadow. — A small wood-sided building fills the right side of the frame, partly obscured by shadow.

1959 Michigan home-movie view of a small wooden building side, roof eave, window, fence line, and leafless trees beyond. — The pan settles on the side of a small building with a fence and winter-bare trees behind it.

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